Baby-carriage.



A. J. ADAMS.

BABY GARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1904.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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A J. ADAMS. BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19 1904.

Patented Mar. 17, 191i 8 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

A. J. ADAMS.

BABY GARRIAGE.

APPLICATION 11,111) N0v. 19, 1904.

1,090,51 1 Patented Mar. 17, 1914 8 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Tiaras PA nr ARTHUR J. ADAMS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO WILLIAM S. FERRIS, OF ELICEIART, INDIANA, AND ALEXANDERB. LEITI-I, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, TRUSTEES.

BABY- CARRIAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

Application filed November 19, 1904. Serial No. 233,489.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. Anaisis, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the count of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Baby-Carriages, of which thefollowing is a pecification.

My invent-ion relates particularly to go carts, or foldingbaby-carriages, peculiarly adapted for use in traveling.

My primary object is to provide a thoroughly practicable and durablecarriage of the character indicated, provision being made forautomaticfolding and unfolding so far as consistent with thoroughlycommercial practicability.

The present invention constitutes an. 1mprovement on the invention setforth. and generally claimed in my application No. 196,766, filed March5, 1904.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 represents a side elevatlonal view of my improved foldingcarriage in its preferred form the handle. being broken; Fig. 2, a planview .of the same; Fig. 3, a transverse section taken as indicated atline 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a broken sideelevational view showing theposition of certain parts preparatory to locking the brace links serv ngto support the seat-support; Fig. 5, a side view of the carriage in afolded condition; and Fig. 6, a plan view of the carriage in the foldedcondition, with the seat and other leather parts removed.

In the preferred construction, A repre sents a substantially horizontalrunninggear frame; B, sleeves pivoted on the side members thereof andequipped with wheel supports, or forks, B in which the wheels arejournaled; C, an inclined seat support having its front end connected bya pivot c with the front portion of the running-gear frame; D, a handlehaving its lower end con nected by hinges d with the rear end of therunning-gear frame; and E, mechanism connected with the seat support andhandle and serving, in the operations of folding and unfolding thehandle with relation to the running-gear frame, to lower and raise theseatsupport, said mechanism being equipped with mean for locking theseat support and The frame A may comprise U-shaped tubing constitutingthe front and side members of the frame; the eat support may compriseU-shaped tubing constituting side members and a back member; and thehandle may comprise U-shaped tubing with the free lower extremitiesjoined to the free rear extremities of the side members of therunning-gear frame. The side members of the running-gear frame areequipped with collars at having shoulders a serving to engagecorresponding shoulders with which the sleeve B are provided at theirfront ends, whereby the forks B are limited in their outward swing whenthe vertical position is reached. As will be understood, the front andrear forks at either side of the vehicle are connected to be swung tothe folded or extended position together. The

member C has the seat 0 connected therewith in any uitable manner. Asshown, the seat is supported by leather side pieces 0 and aleather back0 and there is connected with the front edge of the seat and with thefront portion of the running-gear frame a foot support 0, whichpreferably is composed principally of leather bearing an insertedfoot-board 0 The mechanism E comprises, in the preferred construction, apair of substantially vertical brace-links 6 having their upper endspivotally connected with the rear portions of the side members of theseat support C and their lower ends equipped with looking members 6 anda pair of two-part flexiblelinks 6 having pivotal connection at the rearends of their rear members with the lower portions of the side membersof the U-shaped handle and having pivotal connection at the front endsof their front members with the lower ends of the brace-links 6. Eachflexible link 6 comprise a rear member 6 and a front member 6 (Fig. 4),said members being joined by a pivot 6 The front end of each member 6bears a forwardly extending projection c, which constitutes at once athumb-piece serving in the operation of extending the flexible link, aguard preventing the thumb from being pinched when the joint isstraightened, and

45 J further outward movement, the handle may a stop limiting thedownward movement of the joint, thereby constituting a lock for thejoint when the pivot 6 drops slightly below the line of the members 0 e.As will be best understood from Figs. 2 and 4 the rear forks B areequipped at their points of junction with the sleeves B with lugs Z)having rear vertical surfaces 5 constituting locking shoulders; and inthe rear of these locking shoulders the rear forks B are equipped withhorizontal locking shoulder Z2 The locking members 6 have vertical andhorizontal locking shoulders corresponding with the shoulders justdescribed. It will now be understood that when downward pressure isexerted upon the thumb pieces a of the flexible links 6 a downwardthrust upon the shoulders b and a forward thrust upon the shoulders bwill result, the effect being to lock both the brace-links e and thewheel-supports, when the flexible links are fully extended, as shown inFig. 1. The locking-members c and through them the links, or braces, e,are preferably joined by a cross-rod 0 as shown in Fig. 3.

The manner in which the carriage is folded and unfolded will beunderstood without further detailed description. The flexible links 6may be struck upwardly at the joints where the pivots e are located,after which the rear end of the seat support may be lifted slightly topermit the locking mem bers e to pass the members I), after which thehandle may be folded forwardly upon the running-gear frame to bring itinto approximately the plane of the running-gear frame, as shown in Fig.6. Either before or after the handle is folded, the wheel supports maybe swung inwardly to bring the wheels up beneath the running-gear frameand close to the plane of the latter. WVhen it is desired to unfold thecarriage, the wheel-supports may be swung downwardly and outwardly tillthe shoulders a limit then be swung rearwardly to the position which itoccupies in use, and the flexible links 6 may then be flexed to allowthe looking members 6 to enter their seats, after which the flexiblelinks may be straightened to lock the brace-links c and thewheel-supports. It will be understood, of course, that while the handleis being swung forwardly or rearwardly, the members 6 ride upon the sidemembers of the running-gear frame, thus swinging the lower ends of thebrace links forwardly or rearwardly, as the case may be, to lower orraise the seat-support. Thus it appears that the raising and lowering ofthe seat support is effected automatically by the operations ofextending and folding the handle with relation to the running-gearframe. Moreover, it appears that in theoperation of straightening theflexible links 6 the brace-links and the wheel-supports aresimultaneously locked; and vice versa, the brace-links and the wheel supports are simultaneously unlocked in the op eration of flexing thetwo-part links 6 It will be readily understood that many changes indetails of construction within the spirit of my invention are feasible,hence front portion of said frame, a forwardly swinging handle havingits lower end pivoted to the rear portion of said frame, a forwardlyswinging brace-link pivoted at its upper end to the rear portion of saidseatsupport, the lower portion of said bracelink finding a support onsaid frame during the swinging movement, and a flexible twopart linkhaving pivotal connection at its rear end with said handle and pivotalconnection at its front end with said brace-link for the purpose setforth. i

2. The combination of a running-gear frame, a pivoted seat-support, apivoted handle, pivoted wheel-supports, a pair of brace-links pivoted attheir upper ends to said seat-support and provided at their lower endswith wheel-support locks, and a pair of two-part links having pivotalconnections with said handle and thelower ends of said brace-links, eachtwo-part link having a stop for preventing'downward flexing,substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 3. The combination of arunning -gear frame, a pivoted seat-support, a pivoted handle, pivotedwheel-supports, a pair of i brace-links pivoted attheir upper ends tosaidseat-support and provided at their lower ends with wheel-supportlooks, and a pair of two-part links having pivot connections with saidhandle and the lower ends of said brace-links, one member of eachtwopart link having a project-ion adjacent to the connection between themembers serving as a thumb-piece, guard and stop, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of a substantially horizontal running-gear frame, aninclined seat-support having its front end pivoted on the front portionof said frame, wheel-supports equipped with two pairs oflockingshoulders, a pair of upright brace-links hav ing their upper endspivoted to the rear portion of said seat-support and equipped at theirlower ends with locking-shoulders engaging said mentioned lockingshoulders,

a handle having its lower end pivoted on the rear portion of said frame,and a pair of fiexible two-part links having their rear ends pivoted tothe lower portion of said handle and their front ends pivoted to thelower ends of said brace-links, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

5. The combination of a substantially horizontal running-gear frame, aninclined seat-support having its front end pivoted on the front portionof said frame, a handle having its lower end pivoted 0n the rear portionof said frame, wheel-supports pivoted on said frame and equipped withlugs having vertical shoulders, a pair of bracelinks having their upperends pivoted on the rear portion of said seat-sup ort and their lowerends equipped With s oulders engaging said first-named shoulders, and apair of flexible links connecting the handle with the lower ends of saidbrace-links,

whereby actuation of the brace-links and locking of the brace-links andwheel-supports may be efi'ected, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

6. In a perambulator the combination of a running gear frame, a seatframe hinged thereon, a handle hinged to said running gear frame, bracesfor supporting the seat frame pivoted thereto, wheel supports r0-tatably mounted on the running gear frame, means carried by the saidbraces for locking the wheel supports, a cross bar connecting saidbraces together, and a toggle connecting said cross bar with saidhandle.

ARTHUR J. ADAMS.

In presence of- W. B. DAVIES, J H, LANDES.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner 0! Patents, Washington, D. G."

